Body found near SUNY Plattsburgh campus likely missing student

PLATTSBURGH >> Police have found a body believed to be that of a missing 20-year-old Plattsburgh State University student. The body was in woods behind a business not far from campus.

Kodi Kadeem Beckles, who is from the Poughkeepsie area, was last seen early Saturday morning at a party. Friends reported him missing Saturday night after he failed to attend a meeting on campus earlier in the day.

Police were still checking surveillance video and interviewing people to try to figure out what happened to Beckles after he left the party on foot. His body was sent to Albany Medical Center for an autopsy on Tuesday.